commit:     08aad29b034c7ddc8613de9164b89529aad73978
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Oct  5 18:48:03 2025 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Oct  5 18:48:41 2025 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=08aad29b

profiles: drop old xz-utils backdoor masks

I don't think they serve much purpose at this point. We had the mask there
for over a year and a half, we had a GLSA for it, and Gentoo fortunately
wasn't impacted anyway in the end.

Obviously all affected versions/packages are long gone too.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/928134
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 profiles/package.mask | 19 -------------------
 1 file changed, 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 05f752ab2d83..ddae92c83fbb 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -578,25 +578,6 @@ app-emulation/virtualbox-kvm
 # The symbol versioning "fix" breaks anything built with 3.0.0.
 >=dev-libs/libassuan-3.0.1
 
-# Sam James <[email protected]> (2024-03-28)
-# Newer 5.4.x releases were signed by a potentially compromised upstream 
maintainer.
-# There is no evidence that these releases contain malicious code, but masked
-# out of an abundance of caution. See bug #928134.
-sec-keys/openpgp-keys-jiatan
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.3
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.4
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.5
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.4.6
-
-# Sam James <[email protected]> (2024-03-28)
-# Backdoor discovered in release tarballs. DOWNGRADE NOW.
-# https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
-# https://bugs.gentoo.org/928134
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.5.1_alpha
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.5.2_beta
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.6.0
-~app-arch/xz-utils-5.6.1
-
 # Sam James <[email protected]> (2023-12-14)
 # Gentoo's kernel maintainers have decided to discontinue gentoo-sources and
 # gentoo-kernel for old kernel LTS branches because of the resources to require

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